Wife Not Happy About My Stamps

My wife is supportive of my collecting until she looks at the bank account, tallies my purchases for the month, then reminds me that I spend more than a car payment every month. The saving grace is that she prefers my stamp hobby over the other vices she says I could have, and that she understands that they have some real value. I may be wrong, but I believe she bought me a $1 Columbian for Valentine's day. Update to follow.

$1 COLUMBIAN !!!!! ask her if she wants another husband ?

JLLebbert & Kirks, thanks for the kind words. She's a great dog - all personality. Vizslas are very affectionate, attentive, and eager to please, so they are particularly easy to train. I trust my dog not to shred anything (that one cigar she destroyed a couple years ago notwithstanding).

Walkman82, can I send her my wish list for Valentine's? ;)

Ha ha ha ha...you're in for it when she discovers that you don't consider any two stamps to be duplicates.

"This 25c Sower? No, this one is canceled in Lyon. Nothing like that one."

"Oh, that one canceled in Lyon? No, that postmark is dated three years earlier."

Borrowed time, my friend. Borrowed time.

Well, my stamps and literature only take up but a small portion of a bookcase, so hopefully my fiancé will not mind when I spring them on her! The first spouse of 27 years had no opinion, one way or the other. Now, she may object when I move in the vintage HO Scale- 3 rail model railway layout of Trix and Hornby equipment. I think I'll let those rest until after the Honeymoon.

Beautiful stories. Thank you for sharing.
My husband is pretty supportive, and it looks like... that he is the main collector, not me. ))) He had been collecting stamps in his childhood and youth. Today he is just too busy, and since I became interested - I am appointed by him to do all the work: organize, measure, perform research, report new findings, provide him with the conclusions, travel to pick up some lots or collections, etc. He never complains about money spent on stamps because time by time I sell some and totally cover all our expenses. Definitely, we make the decisions to sell together. He loves to discuss and look at our stamps & covers at the end of the day. He likes that our collection grows.
I think we fight less since I became involved in stamp collecting. )))
I am thrilled and love this hobby very much.
And thanks to all for this amazing community and all the information in Forum discussions.

My wife is very supportive, thinks it's a great hobby for me - more affordable than another interest, of collecting antique maps, and far less messy than my home pottery mucking about. Although it's only been a few months, and she doesn't see the bills...

Nice thread! Encouraging to see that some spouses are supportive, lucky you. (Where did you find them?)




Hahaha, you are spot on Cjd, and I'm glad you made me laugh at a potential bad ending. The funny thing is I was actually working on Sowers and postmarks last night (on borrowed time after midnight while the anti-stamp police was sleeping )

My wife and son attend a few stamp shows with me every year. I am looking for world stamp singles to complete my sets. I also plan on selling an album of duplicates when I get time. If I find a good seller at the show, I might spend a hourly or two solely with him. Luckily, there is a shopping center for my wife if she needs a break. Last year I attended a show and then treated my family to dinner and a tour of that city's local brewery. Another time I spent a morning at a stamp show while she visited relatives that city. It's a win-win for both spouses.

My wife is happy about my stamps collection. she enjoy looking at my new stamps but she is not a collector. I don t have many stamps in my collection I have 1 book so for the space in the house it is not a problem for now and I don t really have duplicate. Perhaps somedays that will be a problem but not for now !
when I bought my invert seaway we had a big discution because of the big price but for all other purchase it is relatively reasonalble price so its ok... I spend approximattly 40$/week in the hobby so its not big...

The two biggest mistakes most collectors make about their collection is not having it organized and not giving instructions on what to do with it after one passes on .
When you attend any major stamp auction there are many collections being sold that are really just a accumaltion of stamps and various other collection the previous owner purchased from other auctions or stamp dealers and never got around to building a decent collection of all the material they bought . The auction firms don't have much time to sort it out or reorganize it ,they will just scan thru it and pull out the better stamps to list separately. But the lots are sold and can be reorganized to improve the overall value .

The second thing is not identifying to the family who should view your collection and offer bids for it and how to sell it . The list of who to call should always include three or four firms that actively buy or do it yourself to consign the collection to auctions .

To floortrader's point; Stamp Smarter has a free, simple Album Disposition Form which can be slipped into the front of any album, stock book, or box.
http://stampsmarter.com/learning/Fo...osition.html

If nothing else, it might help ease some of a spouse's concerns (or at least show them that you are thinking about them!)
Don

Don, Thanks for doing the work, thinking ahead, and for posting the link. Will print those and start adding them to my albums, etc., soon. I am also trying to add an inventory to each album/box as well (wish there was an EASY way to do that!!!). Your time, effort, concern and passion does not go unnoticed and I am very grateful. Thanks again...Greg

Don, I'd also like to thank you for your foresight and more importantly your action in creating the form. It will certainly help my wife when I'm gone, which is almost a certainty as she's 22 years younger than I am.

In other news, my lovely wife confirmed my Valentine's Day gift today (and I didn't even have to ask her about it):